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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915. . appointment in the P.W.D.; Colonel, 1881; C.B., 1886; retired, 1888; Knight of the Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem; Commander of the St. John’s Ambulance Brigade, 1893-8; Publications. Two Indian Campaigns, Biographies of Officers of the Bengal Engineers, etc., 1893-98. Address: Villa Stratta, Bordigheria, Italy. Club: Athenaeum.  Thackersey, Hon’ble Sir Vithaldas Damodhar, Kt. (1908), Bombay; b. 1873; s. of late Damodhar Thackersey Mooljee a Bhattia Millowner of Bombay; educ: Elphinstone College, Bombay; Owns five of the largest Cotton Mills in Bombay; Member, Bombay Corporation, 1898; Chairman of the standing Committee and President of the Corporation, 1907; Chairman, Millowners’ Association; Chairman, Industrial Exhibition Committee, 1904; President, the 2nd Industrial Conference, Calcutta, 1906; Keenly interested in Indian Mining; Chairman, the Bank of Baroda, and the Central Co-operative Bank, Bombay; Director of many joint stock companies; nominated jointly by the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and the Bombay Millowners’ Association as their representative on the Indian Factory Commission, 1907-08; Non-Official Member, Bombay Legislative Council, 1903; Member, Imperial Legislative Council, Calcutta, 1910-13. J.P. of Bombay. Address: Damodher Bhuvan, Warden Road, Mahaluxmi, Bombay.  Thackwell, Colonel Colquhoun Grant Roche, D.S.O. (1898); C.B. (1912); s. of Captain E. J. Thack well, formerly 3rd Dragoons; b. 1857; entered Army,1878; became Colonel, 1908; served in Afghan War, 1878-80; Mahsud VVazari Expedition, 1881; Egyptian Expedition, 1882; became Captain, 1889; Chitral Relief Force, 1895; Malakhand Field Force and Mohamud and Burma Expedition, 1897-98; m. Lilian, d. of Robert Spencer, 1883. Address: The Terrace, Ootacamund, Madras Presidency.  Thakurdas, L.M.S.I.M.S. [sic], Rai Bahadur (1850)); educ: at the Government School and the Medical College, Lahore; joined service as Civil Surgeon, 1873; retired, 1900; Member of the District Board. Publications: Pamphlets on Date palm; Cholera, and Plague. Address: Pind Dadakhan, Jhelum, Punjab.  Thalrai (Khajurgaon), Rana of, Sheoraj Singh; b. 1865; succeeded to title, 1897; estate comprises 130 villages in Rae Bareilly, 2 villages in Lucknow, 2 villages in Kheri, and 97 villages in Murarman; title of Rana recognised, 1877. Address: Khajurgaon, Rae Bareilly, U.P.  Theagaraya Chetty, Pitty; B.A., Rao Bahadur (1909); Proprietor of the Egathur village; b. 1852; B.A., 1876; Owns extensive landed property in and around Madras; Member, Corporation of Madras; Additional Member, Madras Legislative Council, 1910-12; has opened a large Weaving Factory at Tondiarpet, Madras; got many medals and certificates, etc., in the All-India Weaving Competition, Madras, 1908; Chairman, Reception Committee of the 10th Indian Industrial Conference, 1914; Fellow, Madras University, 1898; President, Southern India Chamber 432